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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1920
Page
2
An old advertisement touts California Syrup of Figs as the best laxative for children with a fruity taste and simple directions. The copy emphasizes looking for the California name on the package to ensure a safe product for stomach and bowels.
An advertisement claims Allen's Foot Ease antiseptic powder reduces shoe friction and blistering for farmers and women, promising fresher feet and greater efficiency. It urges readers to buy from dealers and notes editors recognize lack of real news.
An old advertisement touts a lemon based skin whitening remedy mixing Orchard White with lemon juice to produce a gentle facial lotion. It claims fast, fragrant results for face neck arms and hands and appeals to stage beauty standards.
Community fairs of educational value were held last fall in six centers in Spokane Wish. Hundreds saw live demonstrations on fruit and vegetable preservation and canning. 4H club girls and women learned pectin testing drying and preserving techniques while displaying canned produce and preserving methods for hospital use. Federal and state agricultural groups supervised the events with visiting demonstrators and evaluators noting community impact.
A Department of Agriculture bulletin details fly trapping methods and devices to reduce pest populations. It outlines window and garbage can traps, bait choices, and safe use of formaldehyde in milk, noting early spring deployment and precautions for children.
The U S department of agriculture urges canning or drying farm fruits and vegetables at peak ripeness. Many farm families annual crop about 150 quarts, mostly fruit, with canning clubs boosting interest. Drying, once fading, has revived recently as a container free preservation method.
A method to bake a mutton and tomato pie by layering fresh or cooked tomatoes with flour dusted meat and butter, topped with buttered crumbs. Bake until crumbs brown, using two level tablespoons each of butter and flour per cup of tomatoes.
Household questions on baking dishes breakfast edécove and jam in cottage pudding. Gloves help with dusting and a pinch of salt in coffee improves flavor when boiling water is poured. Always warm the pot before brewing.
The agricultural survey reports Texas crop prospects as generally good with potatoes at 60 percent of normal. Old wheat, potatoes, sweet potatoes, and rice yield estimates are provided along with figures for broom corn, peanuts, and other crops and conditions.
Marie Anne Houde Gagnon, under death sentence for cruelty and neglect in the murder of her stepdaughter Aurora, becomes mother to twins a boy and a girl. The father, Telesphere Gagnon, is serving life for complicity in the murder.
Smithville Texas receives a thirty ton car of sulphur now offered to farmers at cost. Farmers rapidly buy the chemical and apply it to combat the bull weevil ravages, curbing damage to crops.
County Superintendent Bessie B. Haydon reports a shortage of rural teachers with over twenty positions open and very few applicants in Goliad County Texas.
The Bell County fair and livestock exhibition will run October 20 to 30, a month later than usual, in Temple Texas. The event occurs after the Dallas fair and before the Wa co cotton palace.
Paris reports confirm a Polish official statement that Rovno, one of the three famous fortresses in Western Russia, has fallen to the Bolsheviks.
John D. Rockefeller of Tarrytown New York marked his 81st birthday at his Pocantico Hills estate on Thursday in a quiet family observance.
Weather conditions favored growth as the cotton crop showed good to excellent progress across the belt in the latest weekly bulletin from the Department of Agriculture. The report notes steady development and optimistic prospects for the harvest.
In Columbus Texas the measure to raise a tax of lie on the $100 for public schools received 83 votes for and 24 against.
Calomel is described as a mercury based remedy that forces the liver into action. It is said to provoke cramping and nausea when it reacts with bile. The text frames calomel as a powerful yet harsh stimulant for digestion.
A health ad promotes Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe vegetable substitute for calomel. It claims relief from biliousness headaches and constipation, promising quicker liver relief without sickness or salivation. The pitch asserts it can be used by adults and children and refundable if ineffective.
An advertisement promotes Bayer Tablets of Aspirin as genuine safe for millions, prescribed by physicians for over twenty years. It urges using an unbroken Bayer package with proper directions for headaches toothaches earaches neuralgia rheumatism colds and pain, noting 12 tablet tins and larger packages sold by druggists.
A witty quip frames a business lesson about funding bills through advertising revenue. The exchange highlights how smart ad strategy sustains operations and covers expenses.
An advertisement touts Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as a leading cure for kidney liver and bladder ailments. It claims quick friendly relief from a gentle healing vegetable compound and offers sample bottles by mail from Dr Kilmer Co Binghamton NY.
In a conversation quoted by American Legion Weekly a player recalls a teammate making nine passes in a row. The remark highlights exceptional ball handling and teamwork within the outfit.
An old advertisement proclaims Danderine as a cosmetic that stops hair loss and dandruff after one application. It promises new life, vigor, brightness, color and thickness for every hair.
The Boston Transcript quotes a dialogue about summer plans being sidetracked by spring notes that matured, illustrating a light source text with period flavor and playful phrasing. The snippet centers on Jim and a narrator discussing altered vacation intentions and delayed plans.
Advertises Othine double strength as an at home treatment to remove freckles. Recommends one ounce from a druggist with nightly and morning application, claiming most cases require under an ounce and offering money back guarantee if ineffective.
A dialogue depicts an uninstructed delegate recalling flattering attention received. The delegate admits it was a case where guorance is bliss, reflecting on social dynamics within a political setting.
The text notes a youth desiring age and a woman wanting youth. It claims the first papermaker was the wasp, which coats its nest with a thin white paper film.
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